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I've been holding off saying anything for a couple of reasons, but I figured I'd get something up.

First of all, I got 4.01 on one of my two 622s, but not the other. So I can only report on that one. I guess I'll be back after I get in on the other.

We haven't done any testing or anything like that. We've found that we didn't have any problems before and we don't now. Our timers have been firing correctly and all seems to be well. We do like the HD map downs and the HD labelling in the guide. I have only turned on the split screen PiP once. It worked fine, but I haven't really played with it.

So I guess we're kind of middle of the road. We like the new features that we have used and haven't had any problems. Now I wait for the other 622 to be upgraded to see what happens with it.

I've been out of town and just got back yesterday (3/29/07). I set the 622 for 23 events and they all recorded (although I haven't watched all of them). I have noticed a couple of things and wonder if anyone else has noticed them as well.

1) The PIP when one of the stations is a digital local station appears on the split screen smaller than the other satellite station.

2) I got the black screen of death last night where there was no picture but a lot of screeching that others have mentioned on these forums. I have never gotten this prior to the 4.01 update and hope I won't get it again. I did a front panel re-boot and everything seemed fine after that. I was watching one of my recorded events when this happened. I did not report this to E* because it had not happened prior to sending my report in before I left town.

After about a week of usage, I would say NO, 4.01 did NOT improve my 622. I have had OTA issues at time, SAT issues at times and a handful of lockups and reboots. All of which hadn't happened with 3.6x in months.

My HDMI audio is back--but now the levels between HD and SD are off by 25 Db. Also, now there is an intermittment half-second loss of audio about 5 times an hour. It is disturbing to say the least. Dolby Digital is decoded differently between the optical and HDMI connections. Each day brings some new surprises.

The biggest problem I have with L401 is my second dish tuner is toast. I get a black screen with audio. If I reset it, the second tuner will work for maybe 10 minutes and then lockup where I get a black screen and audio. This is in single or DUAL mode.

My wife uses the second tuner on her TV upstairs and I'm catching holy hell about this.

I called Dish and the guy told me this is a known problem with L401 and that L402 will fix it and should spool tonight.

softwiz.. Doubt L4.02 will spool tonight. Very rare it spools on Friday...

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The biggest problem I have with L401 is my second dish tuner is toast. I get a black screen with audio. If I reset it, the second tuner will work for maybe 10 minutes and then lockup where I get a black screen and audio. This is in single or DUAL mode.

My wife uses the second tuner on her TV upstairs and I'm catching holy hell about this.

I called Dish and the guy told me this is a known problem with L401 and that L402 will fix it and should spool tonight.

It better!!!!!!

Here is what I did to fix my second tuner lost problems. Note: I was using a diplexor on my single coax into my house and so when I replaced the cables I only replaced the short ones from the diplexor sat side and the short cables from the ddp seperator to the sat ports on the receiver.

1.Replace all sat cables to the receiver with new ones. 2.Replace all diplexors or dishpro plus seperators with new ones.3.Run a check switch without the cables connected to clear the switch matrix. 4.Rerun the check switch with ALL new cables, switches, etc reconnected. 5.Let it down load the guide.

***IF you really want to be sure , unplug and replug in the receiver to make sure it is reset or rebooted.

This cleared up my problem with the lost second tuner, lnb drift issues, and the check switch errror messages on BOTH of my receivers that had these problems after L4.01 downloaded.

My 622 has been pretty stable from the beginning. Upgraded last June. Did have some problems with audio dropouts. 4.01 was definitely an improvement. Still get an occasional audio dropout but much less frequent. OTA channel signal strength better and OTA PQ much better. All and all I'm happy with it.